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    Question

    As IT stocks grapple with these challenges, investors

    remained cautious, awaiting further clarity on global economic trends. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).
    A As IT stocks grapple with these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B challenges, investors remained cautious, Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C awaiting further clarity Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D on global economic trends. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The sentence has a tense inconsistency. The phrase "investors remained cautious" is in the past tense, while the preceding clause "As IT stocks grapple with these" is in the present tense. To ensure consistency, "remained cautious" should be changed to "remain cautious" to match the present tense.

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